[15:50] hey guys [15:59] hola yharrow [16:10] hey Interruptus :D [16:11] hows it going [16:11] not too bad [16:11] how yours? [16:11] ok doing a little FPS atm [16:11] and lurking here of course [16:12] I noticed that there hasnt been much activity with the team since about 2010 at least according to the wiki [16:12] Is that accurate? [16:13] Either way, I'd like to help the team in some way if I can. [16:13] this place is quite dead [16:13] I just don't know who to ask and you are the only one I see online [16:13] the big years was about 4 years ago [16:13] yeh I noticed xD [16:13] at least in IRC [16:14] well tbh with steam coming out with a version for linux, I think ubuntu has alot of doors opened for it. [16:14] im not too much into gams [16:14] games [16:14] and im using fedora and debian mainly [16:14] Yes, but its a major factor that affects popularity and rate of adoption among common users [16:15] I used so many distros I cant remember all the names. But all common ppl care about is ease of use [16:15] indeed [16:15] and the more people use linux, the better it is for hte whole eco system [16:15] thats why I got into ubuntu in the first place [16:15] because of its potential to bring good to all of us [16:15] once my gf laptop got thrashed , i gave her mine [16:15] xD [16:15] she almost threw a shoe over me [16:16] lmao [16:16] which distro? [16:16] debian? [16:16] or gentoo? [16:16] fedora [16:16] :P [16:16] oh ok [16:16] if u wnat her to throw u out, give her gentoo [16:16] lol, this is on a border of masochism [16:16] even for me [16:16] lmao [16:16] xD [16:16] exactly [16:17] but it gives the community charcter [16:17] what would sane ppl be without crazies? [16:19] i did try gentoo [16:19] i never did, wasnt brave enough [16:19] i watched the computer compiling stuff until i went a sleep sitting [16:19] but of course i know some pp lhave legitimate reasons for trying it [16:19] lol [16:20] gentoo in some ways is the extreme example of a custom sports car [16:20] except for operating systems [16:21] The problem with ubuntu, was that even though it was the best, it still wasnt good enough. And so it lost momentum [16:21] but considering the unique market these days [16:21] i dont like when the release masters of the distro pushing me stuff that i dont want and i dont need [16:21] alot of stuff [16:22] with the advent of mobile computing and the adoption of linux by popular distirbutors of applicaitons of games [16:22] and games* [16:22] yes but if you only upgrade [16:22] and dont reinstall [16:22] u wont get pushed too much afaik [16:23] my debian is 13 yrs old [16:23] and counting [16:23] so many hardware parts went in and out [16:23] and so many upgrades i did [16:23] its still standing and serving [16:24] just like toyota hilux [16:24] honestly I never had too much trouble with upgrading ubuntu either after a certain point [16:24] haha xD [16:24] ubuntu used to do a crappy job at upgrading but its pretty smooth these days [16:25] never had any success upgrading ubuntu [16:25] when did you try [16:25] 8.04 9.04 [16:25] 9.10 [16:25] 10.04 [16:25] 10.10 [16:36] sorry got distracted [16:37] i think around 10.10 is when things started tgetting better but then again some machines always had problems [16:37] either way, my policy with linux has alwys been use what works [16:38] I think when steam comes out for linux alot of ppl will jump back on the linux ship. I just wanted to get a head start :P [16:38] because honestly if theres no ship for ppl to catch we could miss an oppurtunity for linux [16:38] despite all the crap linux makes me take I still believe in it [16:38] especially with MS getting all greedy with its App Store [16:39] i always had troubles with exotic HW products [16:39] like [16:39] FC cards [16:39] SCSI controllers [16:39] SAS controllers [16:39] i had to get the FW myself and load it [16:45] yeh no noob will evr have the patience to do that [16:46] i think mark shuttleworth is such a visionary that ppl still dont understand his vision [16:47] 5 years ago or even 2 years ago most ppl would have put a 100 dollar bet that linux would never have any quality games. but these days top tier producers are devloping for linux [16:48] but even that is just a stepping stone for the final goal [16:49] which I believe is the ultimate freedom of software and information [16:49] the fact that the richest man in the world made his fortune on a single product which isnt even physical is something to think about [16:51] and yes there are many issues like yopu mentioned just before with hardware [16:51] but that is all changing [16:51] some OS purists may not like it, but the more large companies get involved, the better hardware support gets [17:06] How long have you used linux for? [17:27] since 1999 [18:55] testing